Re: Emergency mode when root account locked

From	Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Emergency mode when root account locked
Date	2020-12-04 14:20 +0100
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On Fri, Dec 04, 2020 at 12:00:14PM +0000, deandre wrote:
> My problem is when I try to boot up deepin(Debian 10 buster)

Deepin is not Debian.  It's a derivative.  Your problems with Deepin
should be asked on a Deepin support list, because the users there will
have more knowledge about your operating system than we do.

> I get the message “cannot open access to console, the root account is locked
> See sulogin(8) man for more details” and after I press Enter it continues to
> give me the same message, at this point I’m not really sure what to do.

>From the original Subject: header, your question is apparently about
something called "emergency mode".  I am going to **GUESS** (here,
again, we are not Deepin users and we don't know how Deepin works)
that this is single-user mode, a.k.a. "rescue mode" in Debian, accessed
from the GRUB boot loader menu.

I am also going to guess that Deepin, like Ubuntu, defaults to giving
you a user account with sudo access, and no root password.  You can
achieve that in Debian as well, by doing something special during the
installation.  In all cases, it's a stupid idea and you shouldn't do it.

If you want to access single-user mode from GRUB, you need a root
password.  So set one.

You'd do that by booting normally, then running something like
"sudo passwd root" as your sudo-privileged user.

If you *can't* boot normally (hence your attempts to enter single-user
mode), then you'll need to boot from an installation image, or a
rescue image, or something along those lines.  Mount your root partition,
chroot into it, and run "passwd root" to set the root password.

Ask your Deepin mailing list for help doing that if you don't know how.

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Emergency mode when root account locked deandre <d.gopburn10@gmail.com> - 2020-12-04 13:20 +0100
  Re: Emergency mode when root account locked Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-12-04 14:20 +0100
    Re: Emergency mode when root account locked Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-12-05 11:50 +0100
      Re: Emergency mode when root account locked Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-12-07 16:20 +0100
        Re: Emergency mode when root account locked Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2020-12-07 16:40 +0100
          Re: Emergency mode when root account locked Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-12-08 10:00 +0100
            Re: Emergency mode when root account locked Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2020-12-08 10:20 +0100
              Re: Emergency mode when root account locked deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2020-12-08 12:00 +0100
        Re: Emergency mode when root account locked grumpy@mailfence.com - 2020-12-07 16:40 +0100
          Re: Emergency mode when root account locked Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2020-12-09 01:50 +0100
        Re: Emergency mode when root account locked Fabrice BAUZAC <noon@mykolab.com> - 2020-12-12 01:10 +0100
          Re: Emergency mode when root account locked Keith Bainbridge <ke1thozgroups@gmx.com> - 2020-12-12 03:50 +0100
            Re: Emergency mode when root account locked Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-12-12 09:40 +0100
              Re: Emergency mode when root account locked Keith Bainbridge <ke1thozgroups@gmx.com> - 2020-12-12 13:00 +0100
                Re: Emergency mode when root account locked Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2020-12-12 14:10 +0100
                Re: Emergency mode when root account locked Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-12-12 14:10 +0100
                Re: Emergency mode when root account locked "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2020-12-12 14:20 +0100
                Re: Emergency mode when root account locked Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-12-12 14:50 +0100
                Re: Emergency mode when root account locked Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com> - 2020-12-12 17:40 +0100
                Re: Emergency mode when root account locked "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2020-12-12 18:20 +0100
                Re: Emergency mode when root account locked Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-12-12 18:50 +0100
                Re: Emergency mode when root account locked Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-12-12 20:00 +0100
                Re: Emergency mode when root account locked Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-12-12 21:20 +0100
          Re: Emergency mode when root account locked Alex Mestiashvili <amestia@rsh2.donotuse.de> - 2020-12-12 15:20 +0100
            Re: Emergency mode when root account locked Marco Möller <talby@debianlists.mobilxpress.net> - 2020-12-12 15:40 +0100
              Re: Emergency mode when root account locked Alex Mestiashvili <amestia@rsh2.donotuse.de> - 2020-12-12 15:50 +0100
            Re: Emergency mode when root account locked deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2020-12-13 00:50 +0100
        Bug#977358: release-notes: document how to make the rescue mode usable if no root password is set (buster) Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-12-14 12:20 +0100
          Re: Bug#977358: release-notes: document how to make the rescue mode  usable if no root password is set (buster) nickgeovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2020-12-14 13:40 +0100
  Re: Emergency mode when root account locked Marco Möller <talby@debianlists.mobilxpress.net> - 2020-12-05 15:10 +0100

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